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The only time I went out was to go to bars at night and all the pictures were taken with a flash because there was no light at all. However now I'm very interested in light.

Nan Goldin

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Nan Goldin
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 12
Photographer
Printmaker
Washington
District of Columbia
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It's a hideous feeling to go round shopping and even feel like you are a freak.
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I had said that when the first Bush got elected that I would leave the country. And when the second Bush wasn't even elected properly.
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